After 33 hours of bus, here I am in Bariloche...It looks like Switzerland, with chocolate shops, wooden houses, ski shops, ski resorts, lakes and Saint Bernards...and they even cook fondue (I haven't tried because I doubt the Argentinian cheese can compete with Gruyere, Comte or Apenzeler!) In fact, it is located in the Argentinian Andes at the North of Patagonia. I arrived there on Thursday after hours of the desertic landscapes of Patagonia with 1 sheep every 10 km and 1 town every 200km. It is really worth it spending time in a bus to see this, it is amazingly empty!!! But when you arrive here, everything is green, forrests and lakes...Friday I had a good hike starting from a ski resort to reach a refuge higher in the mountain (refugio Frey 700m higher and 10
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